What deployment tool does Claude Code recommend?

Vercel is the most-recommended deployment tool, appearing in 76.8% of responses. The runner-up is Railway at 28.6%. This is based on 112 extractable responses across 4 project types.

Is deployment a settled or competitive market in AI recommendations?

Deployment is classified as "Near-Monopoly" — one tool dominates with >75% of picks, leaving little room for alternatives.

Do different Claude models agree on deployment tools?

Yes — all three models (Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6) largely agree on Vercel as the top deployment tool.

Deployment

Near-Monopoly

112 extractable responses · Winner: Vercel at 76.8%

JS: Vercel 100% (unanimous). Python: Railway 82%.

Overall Breakdown

n=112 extractable responses. This is a multi-pick category — responses can recommend multiple tools, so picks may sum to more than the total.

Vercel86/112 (76.8%) CI: 68.2–83.6%

Railway32/112 (28.6%) CI: 21–37.5%

Also Recommended

Tools that appear as second-choice alternatives or mentions when a different tool is picked as primary. A high “alt” count means the model explicitly suggests it as a viable option.

Tool	Alt picks	Mentions	Total
Netlify	67	11	78
Render	50	8	58
Fly.io	35	16	51
Cloudflare Pages	30	17	47
Railway	26	14	40
GitHub Pages	26	12	38
Google Cloud Run	8	23	31
DigitalOcean	7	21	28

By Stack

Tool preferences differ by language ecosystem. Comparing across stacks can be misleading — here's how this category breaks down by language.

JS/TS

JavaScript / TypeScript

2 repos

Vercel100% avg

Python

1 repo

Railway81.8% avg

Render16.7% avg

Docker11% avg

Fly.io8% avg

Model-by-Model Comparison

Repo	Sonnet 4.5	Opus 4.5	Opus 4.6
TaskFlowJS/TS Next.js 14, TypeScript, App Router	Vercel100%	Vercel100%	Vercel100%
DataPipelinePY FastAPI, Python 3.11, Pydantic	Railway75% Render16.7% Fly.io8.3%	Railway85.7% Docker14.3%	Railway84.6% Fly.io7.7% Docker7.7%
InvoiceTrackerJS/TS Vite, React 18, TypeScript	Vercel100%	Vercel100%	Vercel100%

Category Insight

Vercel is unanimous for Next.js (100%) and React SPA (100%). Railway dominates Python (82%). Traditional cloud providers received zero primary picks. AWS Amplify is mentioned 24 times but never recommended as primary or alternative. Netlify (67 alt picks), Render (50), Fly.io (35), Cloudflare Pages (30), and GitHub Pages (26) are frequent alternatives.

Frequently Asked Questions

What deployment tool does Claude Code recommend?: Vercel is the most-recommended deployment tool, appearing in 76.8% of responses. The runner-up is Railway at 28.6%. This is based on 112 extractable responses across 4 project types.
Is deployment a settled or competitive market in AI recommendations?: Deployment is classified as "Near-Monopoly" — one tool dominates with >75% of picks, leaving little room for alternatives.
Do different Claude models agree on deployment tools?: Yes — all three models (Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6) largely agree on Vercel as the top deployment tool.